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It is the kind of joined-up care the government's Cancer Plan was meant to trigger in cancer units across England.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Department of Energy awarded the company $9 million through a program meant to advance fusion development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But every person you ask has a slightly different answer; how are humans meant to encode our values into AI if we can't agree ourselves?
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It is meant to provide quick answers to queries about the best time to plant or harvest crops and other business decisions, backed up with years of data from a farmer’s own fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
And then to bunk off the show when she knew what it meant to me—that was worse than the fact that I’d been fired.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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